The Republic Thunderbolt P-47 was an American single-seater long-range fighter and fighter/bomber aircraft of the Second World War. The Republic Thunderbolt
P-47 was a cantilever monoplane used as a standard fighter by the USAAF and also supplied to Britain, Russia, France and Brazil. The Republic Thunderbolt P-47D was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-2800-59 Double-Wasp 18-cylinder air-cooled supercharged engine providing a top speed of 704 kmh. Armaments consisted of four 0.50 inch calibre machine-guns mounted in each wing, two 1000 lb bombs carried one under each wing and one 500 lb bomb carried under the fuselage or ten 5-inch calibre rockets, five under each wing. Auxiliary fuel tanks could be carried under the wings and fuselage in place of ordnance. Research P-47
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